taken away businesses will lose customers. While many residents of East Downtown and Midtown expressed support for the ordinance’s passage, some argued that getting rid of parking requirements would create a shortage of parking near businesses and force the overflow of cars to park in nearby neighborhoods. Conversely, some advocates of reduced parking requirements were disappointed that the ordinance only expanded the MBP area to what they felt was too small an area and voiced their hope for more exemption areas in the future. See also Houston Highway Construction References Houston Houston, Texas